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Best Places to Sit by a Fireplace in Akron

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Few things compare to a crackling fire in the middle of Ohio's winter. There's just something about the fireplace that warms the body and soul. It's relaxing, romantic, and beautiful. Enjoy dinner around a fireplace at one of these fine restaurants this season.

Iacominis Papa Joes

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Iacominis Papa Joes has been serving Akron the finest Italian cuisine and wine for the past 75 years. They have received many awards including Silver Spoon Awards, and Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. This fine dining establishment has a beautiful stone fireplace with several tables nearby for seating up to 10 people. Reservations recommended.

Iacomminis Papa Joes
1561 Akron Peninsula Rd.
Akron (Merriman Valley), OH 44313
330 923-7999

The Oaks Lakeside Restaurant

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The Oaks Lakeside Restaurant is a beautiful restaurant sitting on gorgeous manicured grounds with breathtaking views of Chippewa Lake. The Old Bar Room is home to a fireplace built of stones from around the world. When this room is not rented out for banquets, it is open for dining guests. Call ahead for availability.

The Oaks Lakeside Restaurant
5878 Longacre Lane
Chippewa Lake, OH 44215
330 769-2601

Mapleside Farms and Restaurant

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Enjoy home cooked food at Mapleside Farms & Restaurant. Their two-story dining room overlooks acres of their apple orchards. The centerpiece of the dining room is a massive fireplace that can be enjoyed throughout the dining room. After dinner, shop in their store for unique gifts and fresh bakery.

Mapleside Farms & Restaurant
294 Pearl Rd.
Brunswick, OH 44212
330 225-5576

Cracker Barrel in Copley

Iacominis Papa Joes in Akron Ohio(courtesy of Iacominis Papa Joes)
Visit Cracker Barrel for a relaxing time of dining on country style foods and browsing the country store. The dining room has a unique decor of a country store with old farm equipments, kitchen appliances, signs, pictures, rustic beams exposed, etc. The stone fireplace greets all dining guests as they enter the dining room. Several rocking chairs invite you to relax for a while in front of the fire.

Cracker Barrel
76 Rothrock Loop
Copley, OH 44321
330 666-0279

Hartville Kitchen

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Voted "Best Meat & Potato Restaurant" by Ohio Magazine, Hartville Kitchen is a great place for the whole family to enjoy delicious home style cooking. This spacious restaurant is also home to a Bakery & Candy Shop with 21 different pies and Hartville Collectibles gift shop with many fine gifts. Retreat to the formal sitting room in front of a roaring fireplace. This sitting area has plenty of space to relax on sofas and chairs while you warm in front of the fireplace.

Hartville Kitchen
1015 Edison St.
Hartville, OH 44632
330 877-9353

Ken Stewart's Lodge

Ken Stewart's Lodge is renowned for their amazing food and service. Once you walk through the doors, you are immersed in a real lodge setting with log walls, moose and deer head mountings on the walls, antler chandeliers, paintings of wild animals on the walls, and other rustic charms. There is a fireplace in every dining room, making it cozy and inviting. Every visit is memorable at Ken Stewart's Lodge.

Ken Stewart's Lodge
1911 North Cleveland-Massillon Rd.
Bath, OH 44210
330 666-8881

Tangier's

Enjoy gourmet food and live performances while warming by the fireplace at Tangier's Georgie's Bar & Grill. This casual eatery is open daily for lunch and dinner. Every Friday and Saturday night includes a free, live performance.

Tangier's
532 W. Market St.
Akron, OH 44303
330 376-7171

Blue Canyon Restaurant in Twinsburg

Plan a visit to the silver spoon award winning, Blue Canyon Restaurant where the rustic lodge meets elegance. Every seat at this log-built lodge overlooks the hills of Twinsburg. Two of the five themed rooms have fireplaces. The Great room has a floor to ceiling fireplace with windows all around to take in the outdoor scenes, including a waterfall. The impressive Lodge includes a massive fireplace as one focal point with a two-story wall of windows as the other.

Blue Canyon Restaurant
8960 Wilcox Dr.
SR 82 & I-480
Twinsburg, OH 44087
330 486-BLUE

Pine Tree Barn

The Pine Tree Barn is located at the gateway to Ohio's Amish Country. This unique destination includes gift shops, home furnishings, a Christmas tree farm, and the Granary restaurant. The Granary is cozy and inviting with a large brick fireplace warming those who gather around. Stop in for a delicious lunch of fresh salads, hot soups, panini grill sandwiches, house-made desserts, and more. Reservations are recommended; open 7 days a week during lunch hours only. Evening hours available for parties.

Pine Tree Barn
4374 Shreve Rd.
Wooster, OH 44691
330 264-1014

River Styx Grill

The River Styx Grill is located within the Blue Heron Golf Club and is open to the public. The atmosphere is casual elegance with exquisite lunch and dinner menus and top notch service. Fireside dining is available at several tables next to the gorgeous stone fireplace.

River Styx Grill
3227 Blue Heron Trace
Medina, OH 44256

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